Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

How do you transform the culture and operations of your company to benefit the lives of your customers? Determine What Your Customers Value and What Makes Them Happy. Sami and his colleagues in the C-Suite wanted to know what customers really thought of American Bath Group. What did they value?

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Culture Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Company 197

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2021

You know the brands that do customer culture well. They create such a focus on the customer that everything and everyone throughout the organization is on board. . In a word, it all comes back to the culture. Sometimes the customer-focused “way” is seen as a brand within a brand.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journeys Government 190

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Culture Customer Centricity Sports Customer Service Training 107

Blake Morgan

MAY 17, 2023

Delivering an amazing customer experience starts at the top with customer-focused leadership. Companies winning in customer experience are led by people obsessed with the customer experience and putting customers first in everything they do. There is incredible power in customer-focused leadership.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Even several years before the pandemic began, The American Customer Satisfaction Index found the overall ratings slipping, even with brands most recognized for high levels of customer service. . It’s not like companies purposely provide poor customer service. The company can’t keep up. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As business owners, we want to believe if we INTEND to have a customer-focused organization, we will! It’s organic – we just ARE customer focused. Consider the ways growth and scale as an organization can threaten the focus on the customer. RULES are established instead of culture. Understanding.

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Customer Focused Employee Engagement Culture Social Media 289

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Most companies today know that putting the customer at the heart of everything they do is vital. The fact is, improving your Customer Experience means you must also become more customer-centric. But what is customer-centricity and how do you do it? Customers never went first.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customers Customer Experience 245

InMoment XI

AUGUST 2, 2023

In our latest report, State of Customer Experience: 2023 UK Consumer Study in partnership with NPSx by Bain & Company, we uncovered the differences between industries and brands and how each brand represents certain values. The true value lies in taking decisive action based on the insights gathered from customers.

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NPS Customer Centricity Tips Automotive 260

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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Blake Morgan

MAY 24, 2022

Just like every company is unique, so are its customers. . Lifestyle and tech company Skullcandy’s sweet spot is young adventurers who love great music and extreme activities like skating and snowboarding. . Here are three lessons for all companies: . A customer-focused marketing strategy involves the entire company.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Customer experience is about so much more than call-center scripts or proper protocol around customer complaints. The best companies, the ones we know as customer experience leaders, adopt a customer focused view to everything. Silos make understanding the customer journey that much harder.

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Customer Focused Employee Engagement Call Center Social Media 275

Blake Morgan

MARCH 21, 2023

What does it take to build a disruptive, customer-centric company? It starts with customer-centric leaders. Aside from a strong digital experience, what sets Betterment apart is its customer-centric leadership. Aside from a strong digital experience, what sets Betterment apart is its customer-centric leadership.

Leadership 59

Leadership Customer Focused Customer Centricity How To 59

ShepHyken

APRIL 11, 2018

His plea was, “We are so NOT customer-focused, and we need to be!” He then shared what may be one of the most crystal-clear examples of the difference between a company that is customer focused and one that isn’t. By the way, the name of the company has been “changed to protect the innocent,” as they say.

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Customer Focused Self Service Touchpoint Banking 99

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Uncollaborative company cultures have long track records of retaining customers. Throughout our careers, you and I have worked for one, if not several, of these cultures. As long as sellers continue to crush quotas and bring new customers into the revenue stream, uncollaborative company cultures survive.

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Customer Retention Culture Company Banking 71

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Being customer focused is all about making sure your relationships revolve around your clients and lead to their satisfaction. Many shoppers who have negative experiences want to switch to another organization that has better service, and when word gets out, this can be detrimental to your company. Get the Education You Need.

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Customer Focused How To Effort Score Social Media 52

Amity

AUGUST 5, 2017

When you think of company culture, what comes to mind? I consider these perks, which are certainly an expression of a company’s culture, but not the actual culture in itself. So what, exactly, is company culture? A customer focused value statement is not enough.

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Culture Company Leadership Study 63

InMoment XI

MAY 23, 2023

At Forrester CX EMEA, we heard from InMoment client Aegon, a Dutch public company for life insurance, pensions, and asset management. The key message throughout the conference was to be bold and ensure that organisations are aligned, focused, and ready for the future.

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Customer Centricity Culture Insurance Conference 260

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. When I thought about it, there were some common telltale cultural signs organizations share that indicate where their focus lies. Where does the customer get put on your agenda?

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Net Promoter Score Company Customer Centricity Airlines 171

Amity

AUGUST 5, 2017

When you think of company culture, what comes to mind? I consider these perks, which are certainly an expression of a company’s culture, but not the actual culture in itself. So what, exactly, is company culture? A customer focused value statement is not enough.

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Culture Company Leadership Study 60

Eptica

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Building a strong customer-focused service culture. Essentially, it recommends building a service culture based on 5 key principles: 1). Gear your efforts towards meeting customer expectations You need an intimate knowledge of what customers expect from talking to your company.

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CX Journey

JULY 5, 2017

Image courtesy of Pixabay Customer focus. I recently attended a webinar about how to develop a customer-centric culture. One of the questions during the Q&A at the end of the webinar was something along the lines of, "Doesn't more customer focus means less focus on products, etc.?" It's all about customer focus.

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Customer Focused Customer Centricity Policies Culture 138

ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2017

One of the most important ways to improve customer service is to make sure that everyone in an organization (company) is in alignment with the customer service and/or experience vision. For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com.

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Customer Journeys Customer Focused Culture Touchpoint 96

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The 7 Telltale Signs of a Company NOT Committed to Customers. I discovered many years ago that I could determine whether a company was committed to customers pretty quickly. The ideas behind this discovery later became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience.

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Company Customer Centricity Exercises Consulting 142

Integrity Solutions

JUNE 11, 2020

There’s never been a better time to step up to more transformative culture change — to increase transparency and shift the culture with a greater focus on customers, employees and the community. For Most Organizations, Culture Has Already Changed. What Does it Take to Sustain Culture Change? By Bob McCarthy.

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Customer Bliss

JUNE 2, 2016

It’s called The Human Duct Tape Show because CCO work often is akin to being a form of human duct tape — and if you want really actionable insights and plans in terms of how people broke down silos and stitched together cross-functionality in the name of the customer in huge companies, those episodes all have some great examples.

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Customer Focused Leadership Customers Innovation 100

Kayako

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

When you think about businesses that are known for providing extraordinary customer service like Zappos, Amazon or Chick-Fil-A, they share a common trait. They’re obsessed with their customers. The brands mentioned above aren’t just shaping the customer service experience for their customers. And it has paid off big time.

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Culture Banking How To Customer Service 120

ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2022

Any company should be happy with World Class , which is when the company is consistently and predictably delivering a level of service that gets customers to come back. Very few companies can get to Trademark levels of service. Obviously, that is a powerful complement for both the company and for Cadillac. .

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Blake Morgan

MARCH 13, 2023

Looking to be customer-centric? Companies with female CEOs aren’t just more profitable —they also tend to lead in customer experience. Women thrive in customer-centric roles. But it’s also challenging to find that balance between leading a company and fulfilling other passions. It pays to have a female leader.

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Customer Centricity Company Insurance Travel 66

InMoment XI

MAY 24, 2022

These signposts, or markers, represent the points along the path, or the trajectory, employee experience has taken, as companies become more mature in a) how they consider employee contribution, in other words the importance attached to it, and b) what role, or roles, employees have in enterprise culture, strategy, and business outcomes. #1:

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ShepHyken

APRIL 10, 2019

To protect him from the backlash he’s concerned about, we’ll change his name to “protect the innocent,” as the saying goes, just in case someone from his company reads this. As part of his onboarding process, Bob was put through customer service training. He learned about how to treat the company’s customers with dignity and respect.

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Leadership Culture Customer Service Training Training 120

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

A recent article on corporate customer-centricity by a prominent market research firm made the case for this type of culture as “the most effective way to meet customers’ changing needs.” If customer-centric culture-building and customer-focused initiatives were the only end goals, perhaps these approaches would be sufficient.

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Culture Company Customer Centricity Travel 83

ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

5 Straightforward Ways Small Business Owners Can Create a Stellar Customer-Focused Culture by Steven Van Belleghem (America’s Small Business Network) Embarking on a journey to craft a customer-focused culture within a small business landscape isn’t just about adhering to the norms—it’s about redefining them.

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Customer Bliss

JANUARY 17, 2019

In today’s episode, I chat with CCO Lisa Henken Ramirez, about implementing customer experience Netspend , a young, a finance-related company. As the banking industry continues to focus more on customer experience and innovation, I think this is a good conversation to have at the beginning of 2019.

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ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2020

She shares tips on how to create an effective customer-centric company culture. There’s a lot of talk about customer-centricity and customer-centric organizations, but what does that really mean? If your business is customer-centric, those things are the least of your worries. That’s not it at all.

Customer Centricity 80

Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journeys Leadership 80

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2016

More and more companies are recognizing just how important a deliberate and intentional customer-focused culture is, but few companies do it well. Make customer service a key priority. Be Customer-Focused: Put your customer needs ahead of your own.

Customer Focused 40

Customer Focused Culture Competitive Advantage Guidelines 40

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

One of the most influential factors on your Customer Experience is your company culture. Most companies might understand the concept, yet still engage in activities that influence company culture in a way that hurts the Customer Experience. This revealed how they thought of Customers.

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Culture Customer Experience Customer Centricity Airlines 134

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Many companies seeking to improve their Customer Experience (CX) understand the importance of putting the customer at the center of everything they do. Not all companies have this problem though. There are nine orientation areas that we use to determine a company’s customer centricity level. Measurement.

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